IHS Connect FORESIGHT SECURITY PLANNING
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Foresight on IHS Connect A new Country Risk experience Enhanced best-in-class country risk rating system Get a more detailed view of the risk environment with more granular risk scores. Access new risk ratings change document for a complete picture of all of risk score changes and justifications. Risk views group risk scores into workflow specific categories. Additional risk scores Dynamic mapping Improved navigation Improved navigation with updated user interface Get a synthesized view of key risks worldwide with the new global country risk landing page. Contextual maps and filtering options allow you to view content by risk type and region. Quickly navigate to specific risk content using new filters and topic menus on each country page. Build custom reports using improved Report Builder. Intelligence events that inform risk forecasts Identify risks events that impacting the local business environment with access to over 2,500 intelligence events each week. Evaluate trends over time by leveraging the database of over 1,000,000 events. Dynamic mapping improves risk visualization and location intelligence Access the interactive map to quickly navigate to a specific location, identify risk-relevant events and view related research. Search results by risk type, keyword or publication date.
Foresight Country Risk Scores Security Risk View More granular risk scores allow for more precise evaluation of security risk: Additional risk categories give more detail for the Property risk category Protests and riots, Terrorism, Interstate war and Civil war. Quantify risk with greater specificity using a scoring system based on a more precise 0.1-10 logarithmic scale. Seven risk bands provide a threshold to compare and contrast risks between countries and regions. Business Property Individuals Cargo and transport Protests and riots Death and injury Aviation Terrorism Kidnap and ransom Ground Interstate war Marine Civil war
Country Risk - Global page A synthesized overview of key risks worldwide (1) Select the Risk Menu on the main navigation bar, then select Country Risk > Country Risk - Global Direct access to a Country page. Menu options will appear based on the user s access or company subscription.
Country Risk - Global page A synthesized overview of key risks worldwide (2) Read analysis on Hot Topics around the world Navigate to an individual country page by typing the country name in the text box Access Special Reports, Country Risk Review Click to view global heat map and countries league table by aggregate risk type Click on the bell icon to set Email Alerts for Bulletins and Newsletters Click on a country to jump to the individual country page
Country Risk - Global page A synthesized overview of key risks worldwide (3) Click to jump to the Risks and Ratings tool Click on the funnel icon to apply filters by Region, Risk Type and Sectors for the latest Headline Analysis and Intelligence Events Intelligence Events are riskrelevant events that have impacted the business environment or events that are indicators of future change in the risk environment
Country Risk - Risks and Ratings Compare and evaluate country ratings (1) A league table to measure countries riskiness Select the Risk Menu on the main navigation bar, then select Country Risk > Risks and Ratings Menu options will appear based on the user s access or company subscription.
Country Risk Risks and Ratings Compare and evaluate country ratings (2) Select Country Risk tab to evaluate countries relative riskiness by comparing their risk scores Customize risks weights Save custom country grouping as a Profile or Export to Excel. Toggle between Ratings Table or Map View Customize view using regional filters or creating regional aggregates (My Regions)
Country Risk Risks and Ratings Compare and evaluate country ratings (3) NEW Risk Scores! Access forward-looking risk ratings for new subaggregate risk categories and historical risk score changes Expand each risk factor to display its sub-aggregate risk categories Seven color-coded risk bands (Low to Extreme) View the methodology for the risk rating system Click the rating to display its historical evolution, and to read about reasoning associated to rating changes
Data Browser Tool Search, review, save and manipulate country risk scores Select the Risk Menu on the main navigation bar, then select Country Risk Select the Country Risk Ratings dataset under Tools > Data Browser Select Risk category from Concept menu, Country from Geography and Frequency to Select, View, Save and Export risk scores
Geography Individual Country Page (1) Risk ratings, intelligence events, and analysis for specific country Select the Geography tab on the main navigation bar Type the country s name in the search bar The A-Z option expands the full list of geographies The last viewed countries are listed here
Geography Individual Country Page (2) Use the sub menus to display relevant risk content and scores The Country Report highlights key points for the short-term political and security outlook. Click on the Full Report link for a comprehensive report Risk Ratings module highlights risk categories from the new risk ratings system The overall score offers a forwardlooking 1-year risk assessment The arrow provides the outlook beyond 1 year Click the arrow and expand the view to see sub-aggregate risk categories and ratings Filter Headline Analysis by risk type HINT: Headline Analysis comprises the same content as Insight Briefs on Foresight Click the category name to view a graph of historical risk score changes
Geography Individual Country Page (3) Filter your views of intelligence events by risk category Use the dropdown menu to change the map view by risk type Click the links to access more Intelligence Events, or the Map for a detailed, interactive view Click on the pins in the mini map to highlight geocoded Intelligence Events Access Country Risk Forecasts for detailed analysis of key risks (Forecast Briefs on Foresight)
Map Interactive visualization tool for location-specific risk assessments (1) Select the Map from the main navigation bar
Map Interactive visualization tool for location-specific risk assessments (2) Click on the Layers drop down to display the Location Risk heat map layers and Pins available Orange pins mark local risk events on the map. Click the pin to display the event The Intelligence Events and Terrorist Targets tabs provides a list of events that correspond to the area displayed on the map Use Search to find specific intelligence events. Filter your results by risk type, keyword, or publication date Blue pins mark Terrorist targets on the map. Click the pin to display analysis.
Report Builder Build Custom Reports Click on the + sign next to analysis, maps, tables, charts to add to a folder under My Connect. Access My Saved under My Connect, and select Build Report. Name the report, and click Apply. After viewing any content unavailable for Report Builder, review Title, add Subtitle and Introduction and select content from the Content List to include in your report. Use Ordered By to arrange saved content by Type, by Country and Custom. In Custom, drag and drop articles to your preferred order. Use Add your section to create a custom comment section. Save to copy to a specified My Saved folder; Export to PDF or Export to Word.
Search and Email Alerts Key features: Filter the search by: Published date (defaults to Last 6 months), Geography, Risk type, Content type, Document format, and Report Author Boolean operators include AND, OR and NOT options Click on Save Search to save the search criteria into My Connect and to enable email alerts HINT: Frequency of any alert can be changed through: My Connect > email settings
My Connect Use My Connect to customize email alerts and access saved information
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